- `TaintBasedEvictions` feature is promoted to beta. ([#69824](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69824),...

- Fixed an issue where kubelet does not set case-insensitive headers for http probes. (#117182, @dddddai) ([#117333](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117333), [@dddddai](https://github.com/dddddai)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Node]

### Feature

pkg archive/tar, const TypeGNUSparse = 83
pkg archive/tar, const TypeGNUSparse ideal-char
pkg archive/tar, type Header struct, Xattrs map[string]string
pkg compress/gzip, method (*Reader) Reset(io.Reader) error
pkg crypto/tls, const CurveP256 = 23
pkg crypto/tls, const CurveP256 CurveID
pkg crypto/tls, const CurveP384 = 24
pkg crypto/tls, const CurveP384 CurveID
pkg crypto/tls, const CurveP521 = 25
pkg crypto/tls, const CurveP521 CurveID

- 'Container `preStop` and `postStart` lifecycle handlers using `httpGet` now
  honor the specified `scheme` and `headers` fields. This enables setting custom
  headers and changing the scheme to `HTTPS`, consistent with container
  startup/readiness/liveness probe capabilities. Lifecycle handlers configured

- The `NodeConfiguration` kind in the kubeadm v1alpha2 API has been renamed `JoinConfiguration` in v1alpha3...

* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- Fixed a regression in the kubelet's behavior while creating a container when the `EventedPLEG` feature...

- Added Coordinated Leader Election as Alpha under the `CoordinatedLeaderElection` feature gate. With the feature enabled, the control plane can use LeaseCandidate objects (coordination.k8s.io/v1alpha1 API group) to participate in a leader election and let the kube-apiserver select the best instance according to some strategy. ([#124012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124012),...

- Client-go: Optimized leaders renewing leases by updating leader lock optimistically without getting the record from the API server first. Also, a new metric `leader_election_slowpath_total` was added to allow users to monitor how many leader elections are updated non-optimistically.

### Other notable changes